Union: Major General John PopeConfederate: General Robert E. Lee, Major General Thomas J. Jackson, and Lieutenant General James Longstreet
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army.
George meade was the Union's Commander and General Lee was the Confederates Commander
President Lincoln ordered General Ulysses S. Grantand his army to capture Vicksburg.
General William Tecumseh Sherman led the Union forces.
Savannah was occupied by Union forces on December 22. 1864. These forces were led by Civil War General Sherman.
He was the General that led the Confederate Forces against the Union forces in the Civill War.
George G. Meade.
Union General James B. McPherson led the Army of the Tennessee in 1864. He was the commander of one of the three armies led by General Sherman. McPherson was killed in an assault led by Rebel forces under the command of General Hardee.
Union: Major General John PopeConfederate: General Robert E. Lee, Major General Thomas J. Jackson, and Lieutenant General James Longstreet
General sherman.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Vicksburg
General Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army.
The Confederate forces at the Siege of Petersburg were led by General Robert E. Lee. Despite facing overwhelming Union numbers and resources, Lee's strategic defensive tactics initially held off Union General Ulysses S. Grant's forces for several months. However, the eventual Union breakthrough in April 1865 led to the fall of Petersburg and subsequently the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox Court House.